Dino Grandi

Dino Grandi (4 June 1895-21 May 1988) was an Italian fascist politician who served as Foreign Minister from 1929 to 1932.

Biography
Dino Grandi was born in Mordano, Italy in 1895, and he volunteered for military service in the Royal Italian Army in 1915 during World War I. Grandi finished his law degree in 1919, and he joined the fascist movement htat same year, becoming a loyal disciple of Benito Mussolini (despite his personal opposition to the formation of the National Fascist Party). He played a central part in the March on Rome and subsequently became the parliamentary leader of the PNF. He served as Foreign Secretary from 1929 to 1932 and as ambassador to London from 1932 to 1939, after which he returned to Italy to become Minister of Justice and President of the Chamber of Deputies. Alarmed by the Allied invasion of Italy, he introduced a motion at the Grand Council of Fascism which toppled Mussolini on 25 July 1943. In August 1943, he went into exile in Portugal and Brazil, but returned to Italy in 1957 and died in Bologna in 1988.